
Brown Sugar
When did you first fall in love with hip-hop?
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
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Cast

Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis

Kelvin Mercer
Self - Posdnuos [De La Soul]

Method Man
Self

Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

Venida Evans
Older Woman

Questlove
Self

Liza Lapira
Hot 97 Receptionist

Helmar Augustus Cooper
Reverend

Talib Kweli
Self

Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw

Marc John Jefferies
Young Dre

Dana Dane
Self

Jermaine Dupri
Self

Vincent Mason
Self - Maseo [De La Soul]

Rosalyn Coleman
Trish Hofmann

Sterling K. Brown
Co-Worker

Russell Simmons
Self

Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson

Opal Alladin
Crafts Vendor

Kimora Lee Simmons
Self

Vinny DeGennaro
Bouncer (uncredited)

Toks Olagundoye
Sidney's LA Assistant

Donna DuPlantier
Woman 3

Ralph E. Tresvant
Royale (uncredited)

Angie Martinez
Self (Radio DJ)

Kevin Watson
Record Label Executive (uncredited)

Joan Marie Laurer
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Wendell Pierce
Simon

Tariq Trotter
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]

David Jolicoeur
Self - Trugoy the Dove [De La Soul]

Lamman Rucker
Man on Couch at Radio Station (uncredited)

Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon

Brette Taylor
Woman 2

Kool G Rap
Self

Queen Latifah
Francine

Slick Rick
Self

Common
Self

Spencer Kayden
Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Doug E. Fresh
Self

Beanie Sigel
Self

Erik Weiner
Ren

Big Daddy Kane
Self